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Reverse Meal Planning
Not sure if many of you will have tried the reverse-meal plan idea. Rather than buying all the ingredients you need to support your meal-plan, you look at your fridge, freezer and store-cupboard and meal plan from that, minimising what you shop for. Based initially on the fresh produce that would be wasted if it is not…
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Adulting my way into 2025!
I've been around on these boards for a number of years now, and still I'm struggling to get my act together :D I guess I'm realising I'm not very good at keeping myself accountable, so I'm hoping you'll let me have this (almost) diary here so I can check in with what I've managed to achieve. At almost 40, I need some…
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How to stretch a £2.67 Sainsbury’s chicken - your best tips please
Sainsbury’s is doing a 1.6kg whole chicken for £2.67 for Nectar members, normally £5.35. You’ll need to be logged in with your Nectar card and choose a delivery or collection slot between Wed 22 Oct and Tue 28 Oct to see the deal in your basket - full details in the Supermarket Savings guide. The offer's UK-wide online and…
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Old Style Daily Tuesday 21 October 2025
Good morning all.
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The all new using what you have from your Freezer, Cupboard or Shed (Barn)
It is probably time to have a new thread for this. What do you have in your freezer? In your cupboard/shed? Do you have a veg patch or allotment? What did you manage to store, preserve or freeze? I, myself, like to cook following a recipe, but love to add veg from my allotment!
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Straining fruit for cordials, jelly's etc.
Hello all, I'm looking for some advice, I'm wondering what everyone uses to strain their fruits to make cordials, jellys and the likes. I have an old KitchenCraft jam strainer but have managed to lose the bag and it's a specific one which hooks in (it's plastic but I absolutely love it, it's worked perfect for years, think…
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What are you making for dinner?
There were problems with the original thread in that it disappeared and could not be reinstated. So a new thread was created and we all started again, unfortunately that thread also seems to have joined it's predecessor. So here's a new one. We need to hear about Suki's lamb casserole and Island Maid is back from Amsterdam…
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O/S Daily Monday 20 October 2025
Morning folks.
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Instant pot is it worth it?
Instant pots are half price right now and I'm tempted but also worrying about whether it will be worth the initial outlay to save energy costs when cooking? Does anyone have one? What types of things do you cook n it?
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Calling All Canners!
Hi I did a search but couldn't find any threads specifically dedicated to canning. If you're unsure what canning is, it is a type of food preservation that uses hot water bath or a pressure cooker/canner to preserve foods so they are shelf stable in jars, avoiding the use of freezers that may fail in a power failure, but…
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Weekly Flylady Thread 13th October 2025
What is FLYLADY? Well, it's our
version of the US flylady idea - but we work on the principle that housework is
not fun, it's boring, can be time-consuming, is often thankless but,
unfortunately, necessary. It's here on Old Style to provide the support we all
need and to make the whole task easier and quicker. We also…
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Old Style Daily Sunday 19 October 2025
No…not yet!
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Melted plastic on ceramic hob
What's the best way to remove melted on plastic from a ceramic hob :s Thanks
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25 for 2025
It's that time again, as we face the end of one year and embark on a new. So if you're up for a challenge, feel free to join in. You'll know how this goes if you've done any of the previous years, but for newbies the idea is you have a list of 25 goals that you do 25 times during the year or just a list of 25 goals to hit…
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O/S WOMBLING, Road Coinage, Skips, Roadside 'finds' etc
Okay Confess.......... Who has benefited from people having clear outs. I will begin with my 'finds'.......... A perfect lamp A wooden stool about a foot high. Perfect for me as I am challenged height wise. 2 Flower pots A plastic shopping basket. Great for carrying multiple items up the stairs. A metal shoe rack. All…
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Old Style Daily Saturday 18 October 2025
Good morning everyone.
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The Second Purse Thread
Hello everyone, I’ve been thinking of reviving the Second Purse Challenge
for a while and a post by @Frugalistamama spurred me on. For those who don’t know about this way of grocery budgeting,
I’ve linked the original posting by @Mothership below. I intend to set aside £30 of my monthly food budget to look
for bargains to…
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Old Style Daily Friday 17 Oct 2025
Mumbles good morning and turns over again.
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September 2025 Grocery Challenge
NOTE: This is a temporary thread Hi... I'm creating thread because we weren't sure where our regular mod was so a couple people supported me creating the September thread. This is meant to be temporary until we get back on track. – JingsMyBucket ------------------------ Welcome to the ninth Grocery Challenge of 2025! As…
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O/S Daily Thursday October 16 2025
Good morning all.
